Example sentences of "most [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly before nine there was a general hubbub down the corridor and the Suits began to appear from their conferences , most of them holding styrofoam cups of coffee . |
| 2 | Got most of them done javelin 's done , the shot 's done , this er er we should do , we 're nearly there actually |
| 3 | so those few that entered most of them got prizes and it was three police forces that entered and they all got awards . |
| 4 | Edward studied the original cards — most of them contained quotations from the Rosarium philosophorum , a text I had n't read . |
| 5 | Most of them led lives of exemplary moral rectitude . |
| 6 | By contrast , the fastest growing places were smaller cities and towns at some distance from the major metropolitan centres , most of them involving overspill arrangements under the New or Expanded Towns schemes such as Milton Keynes ( Bucks . ) , |
| 7 | Most of them cover issues that are of special concern to women , such as health and nutrition , child care , education , and women 's rights . |
| 8 | By November 1912 only fifty-one constituencies in Great Britain were without candidates , a much better position than the position at dissolution in either 1909 or 1910 ; few of these fifty-one constituencies were winnable , but in any case most of them had candidates by the end of 1913 . |
| 9 | Quite a large proportion of the world 's volcanoes are located on the oceanic crust , most of them forming parts of the mid-ocean ridge systems . |
| 10 | Twenty-four backbenchers took part in the debate , most of them making speeches opposed to the Bill . |
| 11 | About 11 per cent were ‘ severely disabled ’ , most of them having difficulty or requiring help in getting up stairs and around the house and in having a bath . |
| 12 | The army which Edward I led against Llewelyn ap Gruffydd in north Wales in 1277 consisted of less than 1,000 feudal cavalry and some 15,000 foot soldiers ; in 1282 the king had only some 750 cavalry as against 8,000 or 9,000 foot soldiers , including archers and crossbowmen , most of them paid troops . |
| 13 | Most of the managers were men and most of them liked boys . |
| 14 | All armchairs were filled , mainly with men , most of them sipping champagne , as if a flight were something to be celebrated , like a wedding . |
| 15 | Here is the story of his life and of the succession of movies , remarkably similar in tone and most of them featuring actors like Robert de Niro and Harvey Keitel , which have raised him to the status of ( perhaps ) the world 's most famous film director . |
| 16 | Did most of them have P T As , for example ? |
| 17 | Despite the survival of thousands of field monuments of this early prehistoric period , most of them represent burial , religious and ritual structures ; there is little evidence for fields or settlements . |
| 18 | Radio stations were attacked and damaged by soldiers , and most of them stopped broadcasting . |
| 19 | Until 15 or so years ago most of us knew pineapple only from cans — who has n't used chunks to make sweet and sour pork , or rings in an upside down cake ? |
| 20 | would you be willing to scan in the famous ( Fantasy Football League ) page(s) from the telegraph ? several scans ( files ) may be necessary but most of us got tape on the desk … |
| 21 | Similarly , most of us played games during childhood which had connotations of sexual experiment . |
| 22 | Admittedly most of us become egoists in a struggle for mere physical survival , — starving men fighting for food , drowning men climbing into an over-weighted boat ; but it does not follow that we can become egoists from principle in conditions where basic human needs are satisfied . |
| 23 | Most of us dread incompetence . |
| 24 | It is likely that most of the country will be influenced by hose pipe bans during this summer , therefore it will be necessary for most of us to use buckets . |
| 25 | You 've got all the same things in common , you 've all got a baby and you were all under-age when you had the baby and most of us done exams . |
| 26 | Our faces were red and raw and most of us had blisters . |
| 27 | Most of us left school at 16 with four O-levels , including art and needlework , but here was a high-flying Cambridge man . |
| 28 | Mention Abe Lincoln and most of us visualise Raymond Massey . |
| 29 | Surveys show that even in the most sexually permissive of times , fidelity is a value most of us hold dear . |
| 30 | I know there are those who would prefer anarchy to hold sway , but what they do is destroy everything about climbing most of us hold dear . |